                            (inc element-index)
                            (inc index)
                            ; forget spaces after :element or :element-align
-                           (dissoc new-param-map :spaces)
+                           (dissoc new-param-map :spaces :align-key)
                            mark-map
                            new-previous-data
                            new-out))

                             element-index
                             (inc index)
                             ; Forget spaces on every guided :newline
                             (dissoc param-map :spaces)
                             mark-map
                             [previous-newline? previous-guided-newline?
                              ;unguided-newline-out?

                           output-seq))))))]
       (dbg-s options
              :guide
              (color-str 
	        (str "guided-output returned additional out:" 
		(when (nil? guided-output-out)
		  " - ALTOGETHER FAILED TO FIT!")) 	
		:bright-blue)
              ((:dzprint options)
                {:color? true}
                guided-output-out
